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Freeze vs frost?
- Thread starter Gengar
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A shed is better than nothing, but I'd bring them in.
Yea, I wouldn't leave them outside, unless you want to take your chances and leave them outside, but as the guy above said, take em in!
hell ya bring them in better than being sorry later
It only got down to 38 last night, so I guess my plants will live for now. I have 5 jalapeno plants in 5 gallon buckets and I really don't have room or a southern facing window inside for them. I was hoping that if I could put them in the shed, that would keep the frost off them and they could survive an hour or two of freezing temperatures.
I'm bringing my plants in when it gets below 50F; I'm not worried about the amount of light because I'll just take them out on sunny days. Another optiopn is to just cover them on cold nights, it probably won't get cold enough long enough to totally kill them.
Had some freezes, frosts and consecutive nights below freezing here and every single one of my plants died so I ripped them all out of the ground and cut off what green viable pods there were. Many were messed up, brown and shriveling from the freeze/frost. Don't take chances if you got something you wanna keep alive. Mine I didn't really care cause there wasn't much on them really.
Just the leaves of the horseradish are toast to root is still good, I have been washing mine for 2 days and hope to post pics as I make my sauce. just 1 small bag left to clean. they call for snow tomorrow.
Go and take the temperature inside the shed. You don't have to do it at night, unless you like a nice brisk walk 
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Compare it to the outside temp where the plants normally are and you will get an idea of how insulating the shed is.
I remember hearing if you are stuck in a car in the snow for the night, a single candle will provide enough warmth inside the sealed area to prevent you from freezing to death. Just apply that principle to your chilies
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Oh and don't come back and blame me if you burn down your shed etc.
edit: Seriously dude don't put naked flames where you probably keep stuff like paint thinner and motor oil. If you burn down your shed and kill your plants I will feel really bad.... for like a whole day.
!Compare it to the outside temp where the plants normally are and you will get an idea of how insulating the shed is.
I remember hearing if you are stuck in a car in the snow for the night, a single candle will provide enough warmth inside the sealed area to prevent you from freezing to death. Just apply that principle to your chilies
.Oh and don't come back and blame me if you burn down your shed etc.
edit: Seriously dude don't put naked flames where you probably keep stuff like paint thinner and motor oil. If you burn down your shed and kill your plants I will feel really bad.... for like a whole day.
Go and take the temperature inside the shed. You don't have to do it at night, unless you like a nice brisk walk
Compare it to the outside temp where the plants normally are and you will get an idea of how insulating the shed is.
I remember hearing if you are stuck in a car in the snow for the night, a single candle will provide enough warmth inside the sealed area to prevent you from freezing to death. Just apply that principle to your chilies
Oh and don't come back and blame me if you burn down your shed etc.
edit: Seriously dude don't put naked flames where you probably keep stuff like paint thinner and motor oil. If you burn down your shed and kill your plants I will feel really bad.... for like a whole day.
A candle would probably work, but just a regular old light bulb (not a compact fluoresent) will keep a small space like a shed a few degrees warmer. Much safer than an open flame too.
